But seriously, my LED mods are with an eye to increasing brightness and visibility in the stock form.

I have nothing against Goldwings, LTs, or /5s with rows of lights and truck light pods.

To each his/her own! Whatever you like and makes you feel safer is all that matters.

I did quite a bit of touring up the West Coast of USA at night ( yer I had all " What out for Deer " stories ) and as I said I stayed behind alot of Goldwings and HD's lit up like a Xmas tree and I keep thinking to myself ... " This guy is going to get home tonight ".

Especially seeing that my "life" conditions have changed for myself . Now that I am a " soul " parent to two beautiful girls ( 6 & 4 ) .. I have to combined safety & my passion .

PS .. I could never understand the cup holder thing . Even in the heat here in OZ I have always been able to wait for fuel stops to get a drink .. but thats just me ... Just don't get me started on the whole trailer thing ( WTF is up with that ??? )

I've been in the "See and be Seen" camp for decades now. Thirty years ago I put extra brake and tail lights on the bike because multiple rear lamps in a pattern is more visible than a single light. Used those same rear lights for years til I upgraded to LEDs a dozen years ago. Since I had the stock 180W alternator I couldn't do more for forward lighting except use an H4 headlamp. Solved that problem three years ago with a 450W alternator and multiple halogen lamps up front (had to, most of my ride from home into town is winding deer-infested rural roads). Latest work has been on side lighting for visibility and front conspicuity lighting.

It's fun to tinker with...

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'73 R60/5 ToasterLuddite. Not just a philosophy, a way of life...

I dropped over $1000 in two sets of driving lights once I got back from my Across Oz Dash on the new bike.

I have come from the mining industry .. driving those BIG Haul Packs ( CAT 793's ) . One mine site was all into lighting up the trucks like Xmas tree's .. especially down the sides of them ... The other wasn't so much into sending the money ... Guess which site had the most " near misses " and incident reports on night shift ???

A couple of years ago I replaced my BA-7 warning lamps with LED replacements: High Beam (blue), Neutral (green) and Oil Pressure (amber). Left the BA-9 Generator lamp and Turn Signal indicator light alone. With the old and faded colored jewels in the /5 speedo, it's great to have colored indicators once again.

Been thinking of this. The amber Oil Pressure LED is the least conspicuous. Not bad, but it doesn't jump out like the High Beam and Neutral lights do. SuperBrightLEDs has a blinking bi-color LED that might work well. It flashes between RED and BLUE at 2 cycles/second and is very bright. The brightness, along with the (perceived) movement of the blink ought to make it super-conspicuous. At $1.60, it is affordable enough to tinker with. It will need a separate dropping resistor, but with the /5 lamp holder, that ought to be easily do-able.

A couple of years ago I replaced my BA-7 warning lamps with LED replacements: High Beam (blue), Neutral (green) and Oil Pressure (amber). Left the BA-9 Generator lamp and Turn Signal indicator light alone. With the old and faded colored jewels in the /5 speedo, it's great to have colored indicators once again.

Been thinking of this. The amber Oil Pressure LED is the least conspicuous. Not bad, but it doesn't jump out like the High Beam and Neutral lights do. SuperBrightLEDs has a blinking bi-color LED that might work well. It flashes between RED and BLUE at 2 cycles/second and is very bright. The brightness, along with the (perceived) movement of the blink ought to make it super-conspicuous. At $1.60, it is affordable enough to tinker with. It will need a separate dropping resistor, but with the /5 lamp holder, that ought to be easily do-able.

One long week, until my new LED beauties arrive. I can barely stand the waiting... I think you guys will enjoy my install log and final result.

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Current: 93 R100GS, 03 XR650R

Prior: 73 CB350, 77 R100/7, 83 R100RT, 04 XR650L
I love every motorcycle I've owned and even some that I haven't.

Of course in an ironic turn of events, I'll be up in AR helping TN Thumper with a Push Rod Tube Seal install this weekend, and my GS' front wheel is getting new bearings, a new tire, and spokes tightened/trued so I won't be able to ride up unless I get that back in the next few days... Would be nice to have a two bike tech day at the Hillbilly Hotel. We'll see.

So, at the worst I should be able to start documenting the install some time next week. At the very least, I'll have some unboxing pr0n in two days time...

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Current: 93 R100GS, 03 XR650R

Prior: 73 CB350, 77 R100/7, 83 R100RT, 04 XR650L
I love every motorcycle I've owned and even some that I haven't.